AnnapurnaMaurice Herzog
Annapurna
by Maurice Herzog · first published 1953
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…WWII industry mobilization. 35. Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes - Electrification by Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse. 36. The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough - Panama Canal construction. 37. Annapurna by Maurice Herzog - Climbing a Himalayan peak. 38. Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder - Data General engineers. 39. Showstopper by G. Pascal Zachary - Development of Windows NT. 40. Unbroken by…
on “Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things” ↗Annapurna - Maurice Herzog. One of my favorites. Rock climbing: I was very happy about all the coverage around the Dawn Wall project, with Caldwell and Jorgeson. A big part of that climb was finding ways to do…
on “Into Thin Error: Mountaineer Ed Viesturs on Making Mistakes (2010)” ↗When I read Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak many years ago I was blown away by the story which was both a huge victory in that era of mountaineering but also a personal tragedy for Herzog. This book together…
on “Into Thin Error: Mountaineer Ed Viesturs on Making Mistakes (2010)” ↗Other great mountaineering books: Annapurna (already mentioned) -Herzog All of Ed Viesturs books are great The Summit - Pemba Gyaljie Dark Summit - Nick Heil Conquistadors of the Useless - Terray Eiger Dreams - Krakauer Denali's Howl - Hall
on “Into Thin Error: Mountaineer Ed Viesturs on Making Mistakes (2010)” ↗I've recently read Annapurna by Maurice Herzog. It's a recall of the first accent of an 8000m peak, told by the leader of the expedition. I highly recommend it.
on “Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things” ↗…absolutely not the book I expected it to be going in). - Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer (Bite-sized bits of great outdoor writing). "Into Thin Air" is a good read too. The "classic" I disliked was Herzog's Annapurna. It just seemed so mechanical, and so missing the joy of exploration that makes the best of these books so fun to read.
on “How Mount Everest killed George Mallory” ↗